Britain's Olivia Allison and Jenna Randall just missed out on Olympic qualification on Friday - but they will ge another chance this weekend.

The pair took to the pool in the duet free routine, following on from Wednesday's duet technical event. 50 per cent of both marks were taken on Friday and combined to give them their final score and placing.

The top 14-ranked duets after the technical and the first round of the free event booked their Beijing spots, but the British pair were agonisingly ranked joint 15th.

Four Olympic places are left for the remaining teams, which will decided by taking the technical score and that from the second round of the free event.

Allison and Randall now move into Sunday's second round ranked as the top duet, and will take a lot of confidence from their performances so far.

British Synchronised Swimming national performance director Biz Price revealed the pair had achieved the goals he had set.

"Coming into the event I set them a target of going into the second round of the duet free as the top-ranked pair,'' said Price.

"Sometimes, despite putting in a great performance you just miss out but this kind of thing can happen in sport.

"They have got over the disappointment very quickly and take a lot of confidence from this heading into Sunday.''

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